Blogs from Lake Bunyonyi, Western Region, Uganda, Africa - page 2

Nachdem wir zu Beginn unserer Tour ein ziemlich dicht gepacktes Programm hatten, wird das Tempo allmählich etwas gemächlicher, was wir aber als durchaus angenehm empfinden. Der nächste Etappenpunkt ist der Lake Bunyonyi, wo wir 2 Nächte ziemlich luxuriös im Birds Nest mit tollem Blick auf den See untergebracht sind. An unserem "freien" Tag werden wir zu einer kleinen Bootstour über den See abgeholt. Der See ist zwar nicht groß, aber stark verästelt und an der tiefsten Stelle angeblich bis zu 600 oder 900 m tief (je nach Quelle). Er hat 26 Inseln, z.B. Punishment Island: hierhin wurden bis in die Fünfzigerjahre unverheiratete schwangere Mädchen gebracht und ihrem Schicksal überlassen. Arme Männer, die sich kein Brautgeld leisten konnten, konnten sich dort ein Mädchen abholen. Oder Bwama Island: auf diese Insel wurden bis in die Achtzigerjahre Leprakranke aus ... read more

This is going to be nice and short, to balance out the last few longer ones! (. . . also the power is out and my battery is going to die.) It's finally time for Leandra and I to have our first free weekend since leaving home, so we decided to take off to beautiful Lake Bunyonyi! Lake Bunyonyi is a short distance away from Kabale and is known for its beauty and having many small islands scattered within the lake (29, I believe). We checked into our oh-so-simple $10 per night room – simple as in it only had beds, and about half a light bulb – and decided to have some lunch and a beer on the patio over looking the lake. My friends know how much I can't resist a chance to have ... read more

Well here we are just about to head away from our home for the last four nights at Lake Bunyonoi, Uganda. When we last blogged we had just arrived into Kampala and were ready to head towards Bunyoni which was to be our base for the gorilla trek and our Rwanda trip. The day trip from Kampala was long and tiring about 11 hrs but we stopped at the equator and had the usual photos of one foot on each side but didn't get to test the swirling water theory. The scenery here is amazingly lush and I think if you stuck an ice block stick into the ground it would grow! There are banana, sugar and tea plantations everywhere. What ever it is in the ground that grows big things it has obviously rubbed off ... read more

Here are the phoitos of the 'Pygmy' Village we visited - but saw no small people only - all we saw were displaced people being trained by tourists to ask for money - very sad!... read more

We dragged ourselves away from Sipi and set out on a hot, rainy and torturaous journey to Jinja, famous for being the site of the source of the Nile. We went on a second boat trip on to Lake Victoria to view the source, but there wasn't actually much to see, other than a few rapids. The views at Bujagali were alot more exciting, especially watching the Bujagali Swimmers, who jump into the rapids holding nothing but a jerry can and swim right through them. It was also amusing when an asian family asked to take our photo. Initially we thought they wanted us to take a photo for them but it turned out that they wanted to be in the picture with us, as they were very excited because we were the first mixed race ... read more